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  • Katherine Jenkins joins Doctor Who for Xmas adventure

    Katherine Jenkins joins Doctor Who for Xmas adventure

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    Filming has started on this year’s Doctor Who Christmas special with the BBC confirming that Katherine Jenkins and Michael Gambon will join series stars Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arthur Darvill for the festive adventure. Jenkins, who will be making her acting debut (Emmerdale cameo excepted) in the Christmas story, said she was “over the…

  • Civilization 5 gets special edition

    Civilization 5 gets special edition

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    A special edition of Sid Meier’s Civilization V is to go on sale, packed with figurines based on units from the game a 2 CDs featuring music from the soundtrack. The special edition, which is released alongside a standard retail version on September 24th, also includes a ‘Behind the Scenes at Firaxis on Civilization V’…

  • MobileMe, iDisk and my iPad

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    I’m a big fan of Apple’s MobileMe service – as someone wanting to keep calendars, contacts and bookmarks in sync across multiple devices I find it an invaluable tool and – at the risk of sounding all fanboi – well worth the annual subscription. One of the first things I did to make my iPad…

  • Trailer: The Green Hornet

    Trailer: The Green Hornet

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    Legendary superhero The Green Hornet – who first debuted on American radio in the 1930’s – is set to have his latest big screen adventure next January and we have a great trailer for you to enjoy.

  • Remembering The A-Team

    Remembering The A-Team

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    With the long-promised big-budget A-Team movie finally hitting cinemas later this month we look at back at the original TV series – one of the true TV icons of the 1980’s. It was back in 1983 when Stephen J Cannell first introduced audiences to The A-Team – four Vietnam vets three of whom were on…

  • Looking forward to BBC One’s Sherlock

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    It’s seldom wise to draw too many assumptions from trailers let alone glimpses in ‘coming soon’ showreels, but something about the brief clips from Sherlock – Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat’s contemporary retelling of Sherlock Holmes – has me rather excited. I’m normally wary of remakes, reimaginings and ‘contemporary updates’ of classic shows, films and…